I’m so sad to see this. For anyone who reads this, get a day, learn CPR, and buy that machine if your parents or whoever has history of heart issues. The machine doesn’t fix every kind of heart diseases but the trainer told me it decreases the possibility of death from a heart attack greatly. I recall that the possibility is lowered by 50% if you do CPR and 80% with the machine.

It is not hard to use the machine as it has clear instructions. They probably expect you to still be able to read when in panic.

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manyturtles 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Alas the data doesn't agree: "Bystander-initiated CPR may increase [survival] odds to 10%"

From: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/05/29/1177914...

Referenced underlying study: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20123673/

Absolutely worth training for and administering, but far from 100% success.

	▲	grogenaut 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		yet it can help. no direct counter stats to your stats but different data: https://www.mediconefoundation.org/whyandhowtohelp/ https://newsroom.uw.edu/news-releases/study-spotlights-cardi... getting compressions going and getting an AED onboard is the focus of this program. that means getting people and responders trained on CPR + AED.

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jopsen 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This was the first heart attack.

Sometimes lightening strikes, you have bad luck. And there is no guarantee that getting to the hospital faster would changes the outcome.

But taking the car is decidedly a decent option of the hospital is only 15 mins away.

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girishso 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Which machine? Defibrillator or EKG?